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PSU Hazleton AD moves on to Mansfield

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ELLEN F. O’CONNELL/Staff PhotoRyan Ehrie, athletic director at Penn State Hazleton, announces the addition of women’s soccer to its array of intercollegiate athletic programs set to begin play in 2016. The women’s soccer program will be the first of its kind at Hazleton.

Mansfield University introduced Ryan Ehrie as its director of athletics Tuesday afternoon during a press conference at the university’s North Hall.

Ehrie had been director of athletics, intramurals and recreation at Penn State Hazleton since September 2014.

“I am excited and honored to join Mansfield University athletics and look forward to the opportunities in front of us,” Ehrie said during the press conference, which was broadcast on gomounties.com. “The staff is a great mix of experience, success and energy that I know will continue to build on our rich history and tradition.”

While at Penn State Hazleton, Ehrie oversaw eight varsity sports, including the addition of the women’s soccer program. He also helped acquire funding for a $1.2 million soccer field renovation. He was also active in the Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference, including chairing men’s and women’s basketball, golf and eligibility committees.

Many of the Penn State Hazleton athletic teams advanced into the PSUAC playoffs on a regular basis, and even into the USCAA national tournament, including the women’s softball and women’s basketball programs.

Before coming to Penn State Hazleton, Ehrie was senior administrator of championships at the U.S.

Collegiate Athletic Association in 2013-14. A native of Montrose, less than two hours from the Mansfield campus, he received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Penn State University in 2008 and a master’s degree in sport studies from the University of Tennessee in 2009.

“I’m excited and pleased to start off 2017 by introducing Mr. Ryan Ehrie as the director of athletics for Mansfield University,” Mansfield University President Fran Hendricks said. “2017 marks our 150th anniversary of athletics and although much has changed over that 150-year period, our purpose in athletics has remained the same — to provide an opportunity for young men and women to earn a Mansfield University degree while also enhancing their lives with the uniqueness of the Mansfield experience.

“Throughout his career as an athletic administrator, Ryan has demonstrated that same commitment.”

Ehrie, who was joined at the press conference by his parents, his wife Natalie and their two small children, pledged to make the athletic experience memorable for student-athletes and to continue to help Mansfield’s 11 varsity sports be competitive, both regionally and nationally.

“Every day I will strive to make Mansfield University athletics better,” he said. “And we will do things the right way.”

No announcement has been made on the Penn State Hazleton website, and the local campus is on break before returning next week. Ryan Aten is currently the school’s assistant athletic director and sports information director.

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